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The director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, has called on Ministries of Health in the region to increase surveillance and lead the charge towards the elimination of mosquito breeding grounds in a bid to reduce mosquito-transmitted viruses such as Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya.
“Climate change has contributed to an increase in areas favourable for the propagation of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, and consequently to the increase in arboviral diseases in the Region of the Americas,” said the PAHO director in marking Mosquito Awareness Week.
“The accelerated growth of urban areas, the storage of water due to inadequate piped water supply, and the poor management of solid waste are also factors that increase breeding sites,” he added.
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